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NEWER BOSTOl^ 




COPLEY SQUARE HOTEL 
BOSTOM, 



SOME PROMINENT BUILDINGS 



NEWER BOSTON 



BEING THE HOMES OF 



Art, Literature, Science, Music, 
Fashion, and Religion 

ADJACENT TO THE 

COPLEY SQUARE HOTEL 



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THE DISTRICT POPULARLY KNOWN AS 

THE BACK BAY 

OR THE 

Fashionable Residential Section 



LIBRARY of CONGRESS 
Two Copies Reoaivsd 

JAN 22 1904 

Copyright Entry 

CLASS «-' XXc. No. 

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Copyright, 1905 
By Frederick Popk 



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L'ENVOI 

In presenting this little work to the patrons 
of the Copley Square Hotel, it is the purpose of 
the management to provide the visitor with a 
guide to those institutions sought by persons of 
education and culture, to briefly and concisely 
give the history and explain the purpose of each, 
and to show the building in which it is housed. 

Handbooks are published showing the historical 
landmarks made famous by men whose patriot- 
ism, religious fervor, and zeal for education have 
for two hundred and seventy-five years advanced 
the moral, intellectual, social, and material pros- 
perity of humanity, and sent *' Boston ideas " 
broadcast over our land, stimulating newer com- 
munities to strive for the highest ideals. These 
handbooks are too bulky for the visitor to carry, 
and are inconvenient for outdoor reference. This 
booklet is not open to such objections, as it can 
be easily carried, and it shows in outline descrip- 
tions and illustrations the artistic creations in 
brick and stone on the avenues around Copley 
Square, the results of nearly three centuries of 
progress. 



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The Copley Square Hotel, Huntington Avenue 
and Exeter Street, Boston, Mass. A high-class 
modern house. One block from Boston & Albany- 
Huntington Avenue Station, and N. Y., N. H. 
& H. Back Bay Station. Street cars pass door 
to every part of city and suburbs, and connect 
with every electric system in New England. 
Fifteen minutes from State Street financial cen- 
tre. Ten minutes from boot and shoe and wool 
districts. Ten minutes' pleasant walk to ex- 
clusive and fashionable shopping district. Fifteen 
minutes' walk to large department stores. The 
Back Bay is the fashionable residential section 
of Boston. Copley Square is Boston's literary, 
musical, artistic, and religious centre. Rooms 
pleasant. Restaurant unexcelled. Prices moder- 
ate. Check baggage to Back Bay or Huntington 
Avenue Stations, and avoid the possibility of long 
delays at South Terminal. 



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The Boston Athletic Association occupies a fine 
club-house on Exeter Street, corner of Blagden, 
which is one of the best equipped of its kind in 
the country. It has tennis, racquet, and hand- 
ball courts, fencing and boxing rooms, billiard- 
rooms, bowling alleys, Turkish bath, and swim- 
ming tank, and a great gymnasium provided with 
the most approved apparatus. There are also all 
the regular features of a modern club, including 
a large restaurant and supper-rooms. The club 
was organized in 1888, and the present building 
was opened in 1891. An addition to the house 
has been erected on Blagden Street, furnishing 
additional accommodation for all the depart- 
ments, athletic and social, at a cost of $300,000. 
This part was opened for service Nov. i, 1903. The 
membership is 1,800, with a waiting list of 350. 



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The Boston Public Library is the largest public 
library for free circulation in the world, housed 
in the most magnificent library building. It is 
built in the Italian Renaissance style of archi- 
tecture; it is quadrangular in shape, and sur- 
rounds a court. With its platform, it covers, 
exclusive of the court, an acre and a half 
of ground. Its walls are of Milford granite, 
which has a faint pink tinge, and the roof is of 
brown Spanish tiles. The chief characteristics 
of the building are its simplicity and the accent- 
ing of the horizontal lines of composition. The 
front consists of a strongly marked first story 
supporting an arcaded second story, which is 
surmounted by a massive and projecting cornice, 
the whole unbroken for 225 feet. The whole 
structure rests on a low platform, approached 
by wide encircling steps, which lifts the library 
above the level of Copley Square. Opposite the 
entrance is a magnificent staircase of Sienna and 
Eschallon marble. On either side of the landing 
are two heroic-size marble couching lions by St. 
Gaudens. The staircase leads to Bates Hall, 217 
feet long, the general reading-room containing 
over half a million volumes. This room is open 
to citizens and strangers. 



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CHARITABLE MECHANICS EXHIBITION BUILDING. 

Charitable Mechanics Exhibition Building, or 
Mechanics Hall. This magnificent edifice was 
erected in 1881 on Huntington Avenue, corner 
West Newton Street, one block from the Copley 
Square Hotel. It measures 600 feet on Hunting- 
ton Avenue, and its greatest breadth is 245 feet; 
it is situated on an irregular-shaped lot contain- 
ing more than two acres of area, or, to be exact, 
96,000 feet. The building was intended pri- 
marily for the triennial exhibitions of the Mas- 
sachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association, a 
Society founded in 1795. In this building are 
yearly held the Boston Horse Show, the Kennel 
Club Dog Show, the Poultry Fanciers' Exhibi- 
tion, the Fish and Game Exhibit, the National 
Championship Athletic Contests, and all civic or 
social meetings requiring an unusual space. The 
Great Hall seats 8,000 persons. In this hall for 
three seasons the Italian Grand Opera was given. 
Paul Revere was the first president of this asso- 
ciation, and a very beautifully decorated hall in 
the building has been named the Paul Revere 
Hall in memory of the first president. Trade 
schools, giving instruction in all branches of 
mechanic arts, are held here nightly during eight 
months each year. Instructions are without 
charge. 



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The Arlington Street Church, on the corner of 
Arlington and Boylston Streets, is a successor 
of the old Federal Street Church, organized in 
1724, under the Presbyterian form. It became 
Unitarian in 1786. The exterior of the building 
is plain, with a well-proportioned tower and 
steeple, placed in the middle of the front. The 
interior is modelled after the Church of S. An- 
nunziata, at Genoa, by Giacomo Delia Porta. A 
fine range of Corinthian columns divides it into 
a nave and two aisles. In the tower is hung a 
chime of sixteen bells, a gift from the late Jona- 
than Phillips. The present pastor is Paul Revere 
Frothingham. 



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The First Church of Boston was organized by 
John Winthrop, Thomas Dudley, and other lead- 
ers of the Colonists in 1630. It was given 
the name of the " First Church of Christ in 
Boston." The first meeting-house, with mud walls 
and thatched roof, stood on the south side of 
State Street. The present edifice, on the cor- 
ner of Berkeley and Malborough Streets, is the 
fourth building occupied by this society. It is 
a highly ornamented stone building, with a rich 
and tasteful interior. John Wilson was the first 
minister of the church, and John Cotton the 
second. Present pastor, Rev. James Eels. 



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The Normal Art School is on the southeast cor- 
ner of Exeter and Newbury Streets. It is under 
the direction of the State Board of Education, 
and was established in 1873, primarily as a train- 
ing-school for teachers of industrial drawing in 
the public schools, but other students in special 
branches are admitted. In this building are class 
and lecture rooms for instruction in architectural 
and mechanical drawing and modelling in clay, in 
painting in oil and water-colors, and in other 
branches. 

Copley Hall is a large brick building on Trinity 
Place. It is used principally as a gallery for 
the society art functions. Exhibitions of art 
treasures from private galleries, exhibitions of 
portraits of society's Colonial ancestors, exhibi- 
tions of John Sargent's pictures, and others, 
where society ladies poured tea and entertained 
the fortunate guests, were given last season. 



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Museum of Fine Arts is at the corner of St. 
James Avenue and Dartmouth Street, and faces 
Copley Square. The architecture is the Italian 
Gothic, and the material brick, with moldings, 
copings, and trimmings of red and buff terra- 
cotta, imported from England. The building 
forms a quadrangle surrounding an inner court, 
and, eventually, it is the plan to cover twice the 
present area by successive extensions toward the 
south. The institution has been entirely supported 
by the generosity of its friends, and by private 
subscriptions. The museum has grown, in about 
thirty years, to be one of the great museums 
of the world. In the Eastern art department, 
particularly Japanese art, its collections are most 
complete and extensive. Six galleries are devoted 
to oil pictures and water colors, and these con- 
tain examples of the most noted of modern 
painters and of the old masters. This museum 
is open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays, 
free. On other days a fee of twenty-five cents is 
charged. 



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The New Old South, on Boylston, corner Dart- 
mouth Streets, is one of the most beautiful of 
Boston's churches. It is built of Roxbury and 
Ohio stone, in the Northern Italian Gothic style 
of architecture. It is cruciform, and has a great 
tower which rises 240 feet. Along the walls is a 
belt of gray sandstone, on which are carved 
vines and fruit, among which animals and birds 
are seen. Over the centre of the edifice rises 
a large lantern of gilded copper. The present 
pastor is Rev. George A. Gordon. 



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First Baptist Church, Commonwealth Avenue 
and Clarendon Streets. This church building 
was designed by the late H. H. Richardson. 
The massive square tower is 176 feet high. 
On the frieze, between the belfry arches and 
the cornice, are colossal figures in high re- 
lief. The groups represent the four Christian 
eras, Baptism, Communion, Marriage, and Death. 
The statues at the corners of the tower typify 
the Angels of the Judgment blowing their trump- 
ets. The building is in the form of a Greek 
cross, and the interior is lighted by three rose 
windows. The Rev. Francis H. Rowley, D. D., 
is the pastor. 



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Harvard Medical School, Boylston, corner Exe- 
ter Streets. Established in 1783. The present 
building, completed in 1883, is of brick and red 
sandstone, four stories in height. The features 
of its broad front, which faces Boylston Street, 
are the three pavilions, and the sky-line of stone 
balustrades, and low gables surrounding the flat 
roof. The interior is admirably arranged. The 
spacious class-rooms, lecture-rooms, and labora- 
tories are thoroughly equipped. On the third 
floor is the Museum of Comparative Anatomy. 
The original collection for this museum was the 
gift of Dr. John Collins Warren. The full course 
of the school is four years. This school has a 
corps of seventy-five professors and instructors, 
all of great repute in their specialties. The stand- 
ard of this school is equal to any in the country. 
The Faculty of Harvard College have purchased 
a large tract of land on Huntington Avenue, and 
within five years will remove the school to the 
new site. The sum of three million dollars has 
been appropriated for this work. 



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The Boston Art Club, corner of Dartmouth and 
Newbury Streets. The club entrance is on the 
Newbury Street side, while the public entrance 
to the art gallery is on the Dartmouth Street 
front. The building is in the Romanesque style 
of architecture. This club was organized in 1857. 
In 1874 the club was reorganized and now num- 
bers 137 professional and 650 non-professional 
members. The objects of the club are "to ad- 
vance the knowledge and love of art through 
the exhibition of its works of art, the acquisition 
of books and papers for the purpose of forming 
an art librarj^, lectures upon subjects pertaining 
to art, and by other kindred means, and to pro- 
mote social intercourse among its members." 
The interior of the house is convenient, sumptu- 
ous, and inviting. The exhibition gallery, on the 
second floor, is 18 feet high. The club has a 
valuable library of works on art and books of 
reference. Its regular spring, summer, and 
winter exhibitions are important features of the 
art season in Boston. 

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The Boston Young Men's Christian Association 

occupies a handsome building on the corner of 
Boylston and Berkeley Streets. The object of 
this society is to provide a homelike resort, with 
good influences, for young men. The building 
contains attractive parlors, reception-rooms, 
reading, game, and class-rooms, halls for lec- 
tures, and a thoroughly equipped gymnasium. 
Membership in this association is open to men 
over fifteen of any religious belief. This is the 
oldest Y. M. C. A. in America. It was organized 
December 2, 1851. Lectures, concerts, recep- 
tions, sociables, as well as classes in languages 
and sciences, are provided for the members. 



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The Boston Athenaeum. The building shown 
by the illustration is numbered lo Beacon Street. 
This building is to be sold and a new one 
erected on Arlington and Newbury Streets, the 
present location being inconvenient for the 
members. There is a collection of valuable 
paintings and statuary in Athenaeum Building, 
which can be seen by visitors on any week-day 
without charge. The library is a private one, and 
can be visited only upon the intro'duction of a 
member. When erected, this building was pro- 
nounced the most perfect for its purpose of any 
in this country. 



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Mt. Vernon Church, Beacon Street corner Mas- 
sachusetts Avenue, is a beautiful stone edifice 
built in 1890. This society formerly worshipped in 
the church on Ashburton Place. The society 
was organized in 1842, chiefly to secure the ser- 
vices of Edward N. Kirk, D. D., as pastor, whose 
death, in 1874, closed a lifelong service of thirty- 
two years, during which time he gathered about 
him a large and devoted congregation. Samuel 
E. Herrick, D. D., was installed in 1871 as pas- 
tor. At the organization of the church it had 
forty-seven members. Since that time 1,596 have 
been added. The present membership is 542. 
Dwight L. Moody, the evangelist, first professed 
religion in this church. 



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The Central Church (Congregational Trinita- 
rian), corner of Berkeley and Newbnry Streets, 
is a handsome building of Roxbury stone with 
sandstone trimmings. It cost over $325,000, and 
was dedicated in 1867. The spire, 236 feet high, 
is the tallest in the city; and the interior of the 
church is exceedingly handsome, with most 
beautiful windows, devotional in design and rich 
in color. The society first worshipped in the 
old Federal Street Theatre, and later in a plain 
church building on Winter Street. W. M. Rogers 
was the first pastor. The pastor is John Hopkins 
Denison. 



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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boylston 
Street between Berkeley and Clarendon Streets, 
was founded in 1861, and is the leading technical 
school in the United States. Its prominent fea- 
ture is the School of Industrial Science, devoted 
to the teaching of science as applied to the various 
engineering professions — civil, mechanical, min- 
ing, electrical, chemical, and sanitary engineer- 
ings — -as well as to architecture, chemistry, met- 
allurgy, physics, and geology. Courses of a less 
technical nature, designed as a preparation for 
business callings, and in biology, preparatory to 
the professional study of medicine, are also 



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given; and the Lowell School of Practical De- 
sign is maintained by the corporation. The 
main building of the Institute of Technology, 
known as the Rogers Building, contains the 
principal offices of the school. The Walker 
Building, next beyond, is devoted, mainly, to the 
departments of physics, chemistry, and electricity. 
Other buildings are the Architectural Building 
and the Engineering Building, on Trinity Place; 
the Workshops, on Garrison Street, with a section 
devoted to the Lowell School of Design, and the 
Gymnasium and Drill Hall on Exeter Street. 



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New England Conservatory of Music, Hunting- 
ton Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue. This 
new building contains seventy class-rooms, two 
auditoriums, offices, librarj^ and music store. 
The larger auditorium, with the great organ it 
contains, is the gift of Mr. Eben D. Jordan. 
The Conservatory provides the most thorough 
instruction in all departments of music, also in 
pianoforte and organ tuning, literature and ex- 
pression, and modern, languages. The organ 
school is especially complete in its equipment, 
and offers opportunities for the study of this 
instrument that cannot be procured in any other 
school in the world, twelve pipe organs (in ad- 
dition to the large organ in Jordan Hall) having 
been provided for the use of the pupils. The 
vocal school has also been greatly enlarged, and 
now includes a finely appointed school of opera, 
under the direction of a conductor of wide repu- 
tation, Sig. Oreste Bimboni. 



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Horticultural Hall. This, probably the finest 
building of its kind in this country, has recently 
been erected at the corner of Huntington Ave- 
nue and Massachusetts Avenue. It is the head- 
quarters of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 
ciety, one of the oldest institutions of its kind 
in the country, dating from 1829. The exterior 
of the building is massive and elegant in propor- 
tion. The granite statues of Ceres, surmount- 
ing the central division of the facade, of Flora 
on the north buttress of the second story, and of 
Pomona on the south buttress, were executed 
by Martin Milmore. On the second and third 
floors, respectively, are the halls of the society, 
in which its exhibitions are given. 



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The Cadet Armory on Columbus Avenue, a mag- 
nificent granite structure, recently erected at a 
cost of half a million dollars, is owned by the 
First Corps of Cadets, formerly called the Inde- 
pendent Corps of Cadets, whose commanding 
officer is Lieut. -Col. Thomas F. Edmands. It was 
organized in 1741, and has always been the body- 
guard of his Excellency the Governor. Thomas 
Hancock was one of its earlier commanders. This 
is organized as a battalion of four companies of 
aristocratic young men. The Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts furnishes the arms and colors car- 
ried by this corps, but the corps does not accept 
State clothing nor equipments, preferring to own 
these as private property, like the picture-gallery, 
library of military books, relics, furniture, etc., in 
the armory, and the equipment of the camp- 
ground at Hingham. This beautiful ground, as 
well as the armory, is the private property of 
the corps. 



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Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbur}^ Street, near Ar- 
lington, was founded in 1861. The present church 
edifice is exteriorlv a very fine example of the 
quieter type of parish church architecture; it is 
an enlargement upon the original building, and 
its interior is perhaps as beautiful as any church 
in the country of the same kind. The stained 
glass is particularly beautiful, and the carving of 
the reredos is a masterpiece. The church is open 
to visitors every day, except Sunday, from 9 a. m. 
to 5 p. m., and on Saturday from 9 a. m. to 12 m. 
The Rt. Rev. Bishop Huntington, of New York, 
was one of the earlier rectors of this church. 
The present rector, Rev. Leighton Parks, was in- 
stalled in 1878. 



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Chickering Hall, Huntington Avenue, was 
founded by Jonus Chickering, the pioneer piano- 
forte manufacturer in America, to provide a hall 
with perfect acoustic properties and in all respects 
adapted for vocal and instrumental recitals, etc. 
It is much used for subscription concerts, read- 
ings, dramatic and other entertainments, to which 
the general public cannot be admitted. The 
present building was erected in 1901. 

The Copley Square Hotel, Huntington Avenue 
and Exeter Street, Boston, Mass. A high-class 
modern house. One block from Boston & Al- 
bany Huntington Avenue Station, and N. Y., N. 
H. & H. Back Bay Station. Street cars pass 
door to every part of city and suburbs, and con- 
nect with every electric system in New England. 
Fifteen minutes from State Street financial centre. 
Ten minutes from boot and shoe and wool dis- 
tricts. Ten minutes' pleasant Walk to exclusive 
and fashionable shopping district. Fifteen min- 
utes' walk to all large department stores. 



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Symphony Hall, Huntington Avenue, corner 
Massachusetts Avenue, was erected in 1901 to 
furnish a home for the Symphony Orchestra in 
place of Music Hall, on Winter Street, where the 
Symphony Concerts have been given since the 
organization of the orchestra by Col. Henry L. 
Higginson, an enthusiastic lover of music and a 
public-spirited citizen. It has a seating ca- 
pacity of 2,569. For the accommodation of the 
audience there are ample doors to the corridor 
and likewise through the entrances. The main 
entrance is on Huntington Avenue, with one 
on Massachusetts Avenue. Two passages, to be 
used for exits onh^, are at the stage end of the 
hall. There is room in the corridors and vesti- 
bules for the entire seating capacity. The in- 
terior decoration and lighting effects are rich 
and chaste, and the building is in every respect 
a perfect work. The Symphon}^ Orchestra is a 
permanent organization, in which every member 
is a musician of great reputation; as an orchestra 
it has not its equal in America, and compares 
favorably with the best orchestras abroad. Weekly 
concerts are given in Symphony Hall by these 
musicians during six months of each year. 



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The Woman's Club House Corporation was or- 
ganized to provide a building where the many 
women's clubs of Boston and vicinity could have 
suitable accommodation for their various social 
and business gatherings. A site was purchased 
on Beacon Street, near Tremont Street, but the 
location was too far down town, and the site 
was sold and the estate No. 177 Huntington Ave- 
nue was bought and a beautiful building erected 
thereon. 

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THE ALGONQUIN CLUB. 

Algonquin, 217 Commonwealth Avenue. This is 
one of the leading social clubs. Its member- 
ship includes bankers, brokers, merchants, law- 
yers, etc. It was organized in 1885, and occupies 
one of the finest and most perfectly appointed 
club-houses in the city. The exterior, in Italian 
Renaissance architecture, is of Indiana limestone. 
The reading-room, library, and billiard-hall are 
each over eighty feet long, and the dining-rooms 
and other apartments are convenient and attract- 
ive. 



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The South Congregational (Unitarian) Church, 

Exeter Street, corner Newbury Street, was organ- 
ized in 1825 to accommodate Congregationalists 
who resided in the vicinity of Boylston Market. 
The first minister was Mr. Mellish Irving Motte, 
who had formerly been an Episcopal clergyman 
in Charleston, S. C. His ministry lasted for 
fifteen years. His successor was Frederick D. 
Huntington, who, after fifteen years of successful 
service, left the society to become a professor at 
Harvard College, and later became an Episcopal 
bishop. He was succeeded by the present min- 
ister, Rev. Edward Everett Hale, a graduate of 
Harvard College, who is one of the most untiring 
workers among the clergymen of Boston. 



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Trinity Church was founded in 1728. The present 
beautiful church edifice in Copley Square is con- 
sidered the masterpiece of the great architect, 
Richardson, and is open to visitors. The archi- 
tecture is the French Romanesque. Its shape is 
that of a Latin cross, with a semicircular apse. 
Phillips Brooks' service as rector covered a 
period of twenty-two years (1869 — 91). The 
present rector, Rev., E. \V. Donald, was installed 
in i8q2. 



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The Tennis and Racket Club-house, Boylston 
Street and Hereford Street, has just been com- 
pleted at a cost of over $500,000. The materials 
are brick and stone, and the architectural style 
is novel and strikingly effective. It will be 
formally opened on January i, 1904. The house 
measures 152 feet on Boylston Street, and 125 feet 
on Hereford. It is pronounced by experts to be 
unexcelled by any club-house in this country or 
abroad in its ample courts, perfect equipment, and 
complete and luxurious appointments. This club 
was organized in 1902, the promoters being gen- 
tlemen who found the courts of the Boston Ath- 
letic Association inadequate in number for all 
who wished to use them, and the purpose of this 
organization was to provide the best courts that 
could be constructed, and to limit the club mem- 
bership to the accommodations. Membership 
limited to four hundred. The membership in- 
cludes gentlemen of leisure, merchants, bankers, 
and professional men, and is representative of 
the highest types of Boston society. 



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Back Bay Station of the N. Y., N. H. & H. Rail- 
road, locally known as the consolidated, is on 
Dartmouth Street, one block from Huntington 
Avenue and Copley Square Hotel. Measures 165 
feet on Dartmouth Street, and about 600 feet on 
Buckingham Street, and covers an area of about 
two acres. The entire station on the street level 
is used for passengers and baggage, the trains 
running under the station. The consolidated road 
controls all the systems running south and west 
from Boston (except the B. & A.), and all the 
Sound lines of steamers. And all the trains, 
except those on the Cape Cod and Midland 
Divisions, both coming and going, stop at this 
station. The convenience of this station is so 
much appreciated, that a large part of the passen- 
ger business of the road, except the suburban, 
is done from here, and even persons living in 
towns north of the city make use of this to avoid 
the delays at the South Station. Have baggage 
for Copley Square Hotel checked to Back Bay 
Station. 

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The Boston Society of Natural History occu- 
pies a large brick building, with freestone trim- 
mings, on Berkeley Street, between Boylston 
and Newbury Streets. On the first floor are a 
lecture-room, library, secretary's office, and 
rooms devoted to geological and mineralogical 
specimens. On the second floor is a large hall, 
sixty feet high, with balconies, and several other 
rooms, in which a grand and valuable collection 
of birds, shells, insects, plants, skeletons, and 
other objects of interest are on view. The mu- 
seum is open to the public Wednesdays and 
Saturdays. 

The Boston & Albany R. R. (New York Central) 
Back Bay R. R. Station is situated on Huntington 
Avenue, about two minutes' walk from the Copley 
Square Hotel. Guests arriving over this road 
should have their baggage checked to Huntington 
Avenue. 



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The Working Union of Progressive Spiritualists 

occupy the " Spiritual Temple," corner of Exeter 
and Newbury Streets. This is the first meeting- 
house for Spiritualists erected in the city. It was 
built in 1885, and its cost, $250,000, was met by 
Marcellus J. A^'-er, a wealthy merchant. 

ELYSIUM CLUB. 

Elysium Club, 218 Huntington Avenue. This is 
composed of the leading Hebrew residents of the 
city. Merchants, bankers, and professional men 
are largely represented in the membership. 
The club-house was erected in 1891. It has 
all the conveniences of the modern club-house, 
including billiard-rooms, dining-room, library, and 
the usual social apartments. 



Ibuntington Hvenue ati5 lEycter Street 



* * Copley Square 1ft o t e I , Boston * 




St. Botolph Club, 2 Newbury Street, largely com- 
posed of professional men. It was organized in 
1880, and the purpose of its projectors was to 
establish a club similar to that of the Century 
in New York. Among its members are several 
of the most distinguished of the liberal clergy- 
men of the city, representative literary men, phy- 
sicians, journalists, artists, and members of the 
bar. This club-house has all the features of the 
modern social club, including restaurant, billiard- 
room, etc. When exhibitions of oil paintings, 
water-colors, and sculpture are held in the large 
art-gallery, admission to these can be had on 
complimentary ticket of a member. 



tDuntington Bvenue an& Eyeter Street 



Cople^g Square Ibotcl, Boston 




The First Church of Christ, Scientist. The 

church edifice was erected in 1894. It is a mag- 
nificent granite structure, has a seating capacity of 
about 1,200. It cost about $210,000. 

It is the home of the Mother Church of the 
Christian Science denomination. When first planned, 
it was thought to be extravagant in dimensions, as 
the attendance at that time was only about 600. At 
the present time, it is utterly inadequate to accommo- 
date the enormous growth of the local membership ; 
hence plans are being made for the erection of a 
new auditorium which shall seat from 4,000 to 5,000 
persons. 



Ibuntington Hveii ue ant> Eyeter Street 



Copley Square iJbotcl, 3Boston ^ 



THE COPLEY SQUARE HOTEL. 

The Copley Square Hotel, Huntington Avenue 
and Exeter Street, Boston, Mass. A high-class 
modern house. One block from Boston & Albany 
Huntington Avenue Station, and N. Y., N. H. 
& H. Back Bay Station. Street cars pass the door 
to every part of city and suburbs, and connect 
with every electric system in New England. 
Fifteen minutes from State Street financial cen- 
tre. Ten minutes from boot and shoe and wool 
districts. Ten minutes' pleasant walk to ex- 
clusive and fashionable shopping district. Fifteen 
minutes' walk to large department stores. This 
house is located on the highest elevation of one 
of Boston's most beautiful avenues. The street 
fronts, with southern and western exposures, 
make the rooms cheerful and bright at all times, 
and during summer the prevailing southwest 
winds cause the occupant to be cool and com- 
fortable. Rooms are single or en suite, many of 
them having large bay windows. The restaurant 
is unexcelled, while the charges are moderate. 
Travellers patronizing this house will find com- 
fortable rooms, good service, and respectful 
attention. Check baggage to Back Bay or Hunting- 
ton Avenue Station, and avoid long transfer from 
South Terminal Station. 



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